East Africa cricket team

East Africa
First international

ICC status	Former member (1966 to 1989)
ICC region	Africa
WCL	n/a
Coach	n/a
Captain	n/a
13 September 1958 v South African Non-Europeans at Nairobi, Kenya
As of 20 February 2015

The East Africa cricket team was a cricket team representing Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Their first game was against a South African Non-European team in 1958. East Africa appeared in the 1975 World Cup and the 1979, 1982 and 1986 ICC Trophies. In the last two of these the Kenya national cricket team was also represented in its own right, so that East Africa was effectively a Ugandan/Tanzanian/Zambian team.

East Africa was an Associate Member of the ICC from 1966 to 1989, after which its place was taken by East and Central Africa.

Tournament history

World Cup

1975: First round ^[1]
1979 to 1987: Did not qualify^[2]^[3]^[4]
1992 onwards: See East and Central Africa cricket team ^[5]

ICC Trophy

1979: First round^[6]
1982: First round^[7]
1986: First round^[8]
1990 onwards: See East and Central Africa cricket team^[5]

Records

One Day Internationals

Highest team total: 128/8 (60.0) vs. New Zealand, 7 June 1975
Highest individual score: 45 (123), Frasat Ali vs. New Zealand, 7 June 1975
Best innings bowling: 3/63 (12.0), Zulfiqar Ali vs. England, 14 June 1975

ODI records versus other nations^[9]
Opposition	M	W	L	Tie	NR	Win%
England	1	0	1	0	0	0.00%
India	1	0	1	0	0	0.00%
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	0.00%

References

↑ "Prudential World Cup 1975". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
↑ "Prudential World Cup 1979". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
↑ "Prudential World Cup 1983". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
↑ "Reliance World Cup 1987/88". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
1 2 "In the International Spotlight…Tanzania Cricket". 2 January 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
↑ "ICC TROPHY, 1979: ENGLAND". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
↑ "ICC TROPHY, 1982: ENGLAND". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
↑ "1986 ICC Trophy in England: ENGLAND". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
↑ "Records / East Africa / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

Cricket in Kenya

Governing body	Cricket Kenya

National teams	Kenya U-19 Women’s team

Cups	Sahara Elite League East African Cup East Africa Premier League National Elite League Twenty20

Teams	The Eastern Aces The Northern Nomads The Western Chiefs The Southern Stars Nairobi Buffaloes Kongonis Rift Valley Rhinos Coast Pekee

Grounds	Aga Khan Gymkhana Jaffery Mombasa Nairobi Club Ruaraka Simba Union Others

Player lists	ODI cricketers Twenty20 Players First-class Players Captains Wicket-keepers

Others	History World Cup

National cricket teams

Full members (10)

Associate members (39)

ODI and T20I only	Afghanistan Hong Kong Ireland³ Papua New Guinea Scotland United Arab Emirates

T20I only	Netherlands Oman

Other associate members	Argentina Belgium Bermuda Botswana Canada Cayman Islands Denmark Fiji France Germany Gibraltar Guernsey Israel Italy Japan Jersey Kenya Kuwait Malaysia Namibia Nigeria Nepal Saudi Arabia Singapore Suriname Tanzania Thailand Uganda United States (suspended) Vanuatu Zambia

Affiliate members (56)

Former members (6)

Non-members

¹ For Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Montserrat , Saint Kitts, Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies. ² For England and Wales, the national team is England. ³ For Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.

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